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Ensign Expendable posted:Pushkin, a great Russian poet, hid in a closet in his childhood to observe the visit of a poet he admired. He expected the poet to say something profound, but the poet just asked where the bathroom was. The dude literally just came over to use their bathroom? How long was this visit planned in advance?
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Ensign Expendable posted:Pushkin, a great Russian poet, hid in a closet in his childhood to observe the visit of a poet he admired. He expected the poet to say something profound, but the poet just asked where the bathroom was. “Kings and philosophers poo poo—and so do ladies.” —Michel de Montaigne (d. 13 September 13 1592, N.S.)
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Mar 16, 2017 05:01
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 That's Christoph Schappeler (1472-1551), a theologian from Switzerland who was very influential in establishing Protestantism in the Imperial City of Memmingen. But that's not why I posted this here, because holy poo poo look at this portrait of his
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Mar 16, 2017 13:29
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It is a very geometric haircut, I'll give you that.
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Mar 16, 2017 17:06
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He looks like he's about to be twisted into a pretzel by Stardust the Super Wizard.
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Mar 16, 2017 21:09
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I think he looks like he's ready to loving cut a dude, just look at his eyes and his mouth, they clearly spell murder
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Mar 16, 2017 21:36
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Sadly the other half of the diptych (a cowering papist) has been lost to the ages.
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Mar 16, 2017 21:39
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Powaqoatse posted:Sadly the other half of the diptych (a cowering papist) has been lost to the ages. I wonder if the portrait was supposed to signify how badass he was, just laying out theology on people. Or if it was a jab at him, "look at this angry protestant, why are they always so mad?". Did he commission it himself and was like "no, make the frown deeper" and then hang it in his home? Nice hat.
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Mar 16, 2017 22:26
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Unbelievably Fat Man posted:He looks like he's about to be twisted into a pretzel by Stardust the Super Wizard. "You proclaimed yourself as a Protestant, and now you shall be transformed into a protesting ant!"
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Mar 16, 2017 22:44
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The portrait is the first "pull my finger" on record. The real story is that he was super constipated but also had to fart so he thought hey maybe if he had somebody pull on his finger it will change the pressure. That's why he looks so grumpy. Somebody did and he took the biggest poo poo there ever was or ever will be immediately. Everybody present was so impressed that they immortalized the moment in that painting.
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Mar 17, 2017 01:02
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System Metternich posted:
Why would they split his surname rather than using
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Mar 17, 2017 03:13
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I think it stems from when text would be hewn in stone. It saves space. You don't need line breaks when you put a dot between words otherwise.
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Mar 17, 2017 09:04
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Abbreviating common words and phrases is constant from at least Roman inscriptions to medieval diplomas until the advancement of paper and the printing press made saving space and time (for writing by hand) an increasingly minor concern. In the picture it saves space and gold while retaining legibility with the letter size.
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Mar 17, 2017 20:59
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frankenfreak posted:Abbreviating common words and phrases is constant from at least Roman inscriptions to medieval diplomas until the advancement of paper and the printing press made saving space and time (for writing by hand) an increasingly minor concern. in what way does it save gold to write the name on two lines instead of one. how would you save gold writing SCHA PPELERUS instead of just SCHAPPELERUS
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Mar 17, 2017 21:13
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He said abbreviations
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Mar 17, 2017 21:27
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When 98% of the population can't read or write, nobody thinks much about kerning and spacing. People didn't even consistently spell their names the same.
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Mar 17, 2017 21:37
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System Metternich posted:
Looks like he's pointing out where the bathroom is.
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Mar 17, 2017 21:47
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the painter used the line breaks they did because they're center-justifying, you see the same things on texts. it looks good.
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Mar 17, 2017 22:01
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If you wanted to center-justify while still respecting word breaks, you could do that. They didn't do that at the time, because spacing didn't carry the same weight then as it does now. As theroachman mentioned, writing material was at a premium whether rock, parchment, or paper. They used dots between the letters instead of spacing. Most writers would be used to just writing until reaching the edge & then continuing below. If you've used a typewriter, it gets to be a conscious decision if you have enough letters to write the word out or you have to do the *ka-ching* carriage return + linefeed. For them it didn't matter. Pretty much anything written on paper I've seen up until say late 17th/early 18th century will almost always have the entire surface of the paper used. Of course it's heavily dependant on whether there's budget for it or not. Wealthier writers (writers employed by wealthier patrons) will leave huge blank spots and create giant elaborate curlicue titles, others will write so compactly that you'll have to scan each line minutely to tell when a new entry begins. So since words & spacing had different meanings then than now, I'm guessing the painter just attempted for a vaguely upside-down triangle shape; write to the edge for the first line, then continue on the second line, slightly indented & end it before the first, etc. e: sketching something out on paper would be a crazy waste of money Carthag Tuek has a new favorite as of 00:30 on Mar 18, 2017 |
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Mar 18, 2017 00:25
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Powaqoatse posted:If you wanted to center-justify while still respecting word breaks, you could do that. They drew the image directly on the medium, be it wood, canvas or whatever. You sat for the actual painting. The master usually did the portrait and the more important parts, then had the apprentice fill in the rest. The solid backgrounds were typically done by apprentices. Leonardo was famous for doing all his atmospheric backgrounds himself.
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Mar 18, 2017 10:52
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjV5xnc04m8
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Mar 18, 2017 11:06
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Khazar-khum posted:They drew the image directly on the medium, be it wood, canvas or whatever. You sat for the actual painting. The master usually did the portrait and the more important parts, then had the apprentice fill in the rest. The solid backgrounds were typically done by apprentices. Leonardo was famous for doing all his atmospheric backgrounds himself. Yes, those are all parts of an image with clearly visible proportions. I have no doubt the painter knew where to put the head when he started a fresh painting. If you're used to drawing or painting a dude, you know how much space you need for his weird hair & hat and his pointing index finger. Letters are "different" if you don't write a lot, and especially if the rules are also different from what we consider normal. Think about children (and inexperienced signmakers) writing smaller and smaller letters as they get nearer the edge of the paper. To us an edge is a stop-marker, we need to put an apostrophe. In medieval times, an edge was just a signal to start writing/reading below. And they already had the dots instead of spaces, so there's not really any need to take into account words being broken up.
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Mar 18, 2017 11:09
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that helmet is almost too wehrmacht
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Mar 18, 2017 11:11
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Mar 18, 2017 14:06
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I've always wanted to put a pope and and antipope in a room together, just to see what would happen. Just a simple hotel room with a queen size bed and rose petals scattered about, scented candles and a perfectly decent red wine. Kenny G on the stero.
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Mar 18, 2017 14:36
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Powaqoatse posted:I've always wanted to put a pope and and antipope in a room together, just to see what would happen.
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Mar 18, 2017 14:44
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You'd get the Council of Pisa.
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Mar 18, 2017 15:28
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Powaqoatse posted:I've always wanted to put a pope and and antipope in a room together, just to see what would happen. 
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Mar 18, 2017 15:35
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Obviously, you'd discover the God particle.
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Mar 18, 2017 20:35
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Powaqoatse posted:I've always wanted to put a pope and and antipope in a room together, just to see what would happen. Heresy.
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Mar 19, 2017 01:01
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Powaqoatse posted:I've always wanted to put a pope and and antipope in a room together, just to see what would happen. There is a theory which states that if ever a pope and anti‐pope occupy the same room, the Universe will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.
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Mar 19, 2017 06:48
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Here's another odd one. German Politicians from the two city states of Bremen and Hamburg, always refuse any Order of Merit or decoration, it's an old republican tradition for those two states.
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Mar 21, 2017 18:43
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RagnarokZ posted:German Politicians from the two city states of Bremen and Hamburg, always refuse any Order of Merit or decoration, it's an old republican tradition for those two states.
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Mar 21, 2017 18:51
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DACK FAYDEN posted:I thought it was easy to Order a Hamburger? BOOOOOOOOOOOO
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Mar 21, 2017 19:00
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DACK FAYDEN posted:I thought it was easy to Order a Hamburger? 
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Mar 21, 2017 19:27
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Mar 21, 2017 21:12
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Is that protesting that women weren't allowed to drink coffee, or protesting that people shouldn't drink it at all?
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Mar 22, 2017 16:05
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Admiral Joeslop posted:Is that protesting that women weren't allowed to drink coffee, or protesting that people shouldn't drink it at all? They complain that coffee =  Or in their own words, that their men are becoming French-like.
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Mar 22, 2017 16:23
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In The House of the Seven Gables, Judge Pyncheon's wife realizes what a bastard he is right after they are married and he demands coffee in bed every morning.
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I assume the Keepers of the Liberty of Venus is an amazing way to say women as a whole? Cause I was hoping that it was like an ancient sisterhood, freemason style. Imagine the minutes from the meeting right before they decided to publish that?
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